Salemane, Karabo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-2790
Coetzee, Leanne Z. http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5116-8416
Pocock, Gina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7608-6566
Genthe, Bettina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-5593
Taylor, Maureen B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-5795
Mans, Janet http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6721-1177
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa (DSI/CON 0095/2020, DSI/CON 0095/2020, DSI/CON 0095/2020, DSI/CON 0095/2020, DSI/CON 0095/2020)
Water Research Commission (C2020/2021-00686, C2020/2021-00686, C2020/2021-00686, C2020/2021-00686, C2020/2021-00686)
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation (21/43 (Bursary), 21/74 (Grant), 21/74 (Grant))
University of Pretoria
Article History
Received: 8 November 2023
Accepted: 8 March 2024
First Online: 13 April 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in this study were by the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Tswelopele Building, Level 4 in April 2021 and granted on 29 April 2021 (ethics approval no.:148/2021).